Michael Strogoff Chapter 2 - Russians and Tartars

In which the reader is introduced to the vast and remote expanse of Siberia, its political unrest, and the looming threat of a Tartar rebellion stirred by an elusive and dangerous exile. The Czar, troubled by intercepted intelligence and the severing of vital communications, contemplates the urgent need for a courageous courier to traverse great distances and warn his isolated brother of impending peril.